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Band Of Outsiders (Bande a part)
(1964) [PG]

Two small-time, self-conscious toughs Franz (Frey) and Arthur (Brasseur) begin a dalliance with local girl Odile (Karina) whose Aunt (Colpeyn) just happens to have a large pile of banknotes lying in a cupboard at home. Gently coerced into taking part in the robbery - largely because she has...  More

Blackfellas (Day of the Dog)
(1993) [MA]

Near-brilliant adaptation of Archie Weller's novel "Day of the Dog", BLACKFELLAS is an incisive examination of the effects of white settlement and white law on the Aboriginal culture after 40,000 years of strong belief. "But we're your people", Doug Dooligan has lost count of the number of times...  More

Autumn Sonata
(1978) [M]

After a prolonged period of separation, world famous pianist Charlotte (Ingrid Bergman) decides to visit her daughter, Eva (Liv Ullman). Once there, she is surprised to find that her other daugher, Helena, is no longer staying at the mental institution where Charlotte placed her, but is now...  More

The Double Life Of Veronique (2 disc set)
(1991) [M]

A beautiful and disquieting romantic mystery from Krzysztof Kieslowski, The Double Life of Veronique stars Irene Jacob, winner of the Cannes 1991 Best Actress award for her performance as two identical women, Veronique and Veronika, born at the same time 20 years ago in Poland and France. They...  More

Le Feu Follet (The Fire Within)
(1963) [M]

Life has become unbearably painful for Alain who is in his early 30s. He once used alcohol to dull the pain. His estranged wife in New York has paid for a cure at a clinic in Versailles and sends an emissary, one of the many women he has known, to see how Alain is. She sees only the surface as...  More

Le Souffle Au Coeur (Murmur Of The Heart)
(1971)

Told with fondness and precision, and set in France at the time of the IndoChina War (which later became an American problem known as the Vietnam War), this controversial feature handles teen coming-of-age, sexuality and even incest with a gentleness that disappointed the prurient and shocked the...  More

Z
(1969) [M]

In an unidentified Mediterranean country under a totalitarian regime, support is growing for Z, the leader of the pacifist opposition party. Following a meeting, Z is knocked down by a van and dies after undergoing brain surgery. An investigating magistrate assigned to the case, treats the death...  More

Kwaidan
(1964) [PG]

Kwaidan is a quartet of compelling Japanese ghost stories based on the writings of Lafcadio Hearn, the 19th century English Orientalist who helped to publicise Janpanese art and culture in the 1890's and early 1900's. Masaki Kobayashi(Harikiri)- one of four outstanding and formative directors to...  More

One Deadly Summer (L'Ete Meurtrier)
(1983) [R]

Elle (Isabelle Adjani) is a beautiful, provocative and extremely feisty 19-year-old who returns to the Provencal village where she grew up to care for her crippled father and German mother. Her arrival stirs up the normally sleepy village, and the men folk are mesmerised by the new arrival who is...  More

Running On Empty (1988)
(1988) [M]

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Today,...  More